Bible Strands
Exodus 2:24
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Narrative, not dialogue; God is the subject, the moment is the Israelites' groaning rising to Him after Pharaoh's death, before He acts.
The words — זָכַר (zakar), "remembered," is the hinge of the verse. In Hebrew usage this does not imply prior forgetting; it signals God acting on the basis of a prior commitment.
The thread — The same formula recurs in Exodus 6:5 and Psalm 105:42, where God's remembrance of the Abrahamic covenant triggers deliverance. Genesis 26:3 supplies the covenant promise itself that undergirds it.
Why it lands — The verse grounds divine intervention in a prior commitment rather than in emotional response. A reader is asked to hold that God's action here is covenantal, not reactive.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Cross-references
- Genesis 26:3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Psalms 105:42 For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- Exodus 6:5 Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
- Genesis 15:14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- Luke 1:72 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
- Psalms 22:24 For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
- Genesis 26:24 and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
- Psalms 106:45 And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Psalms 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Genesis 46:2 And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.